Photo taken on Oct. 6, 2009 shows porcelains of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) displayed during a preview of an exhibition about Emperor Yongzheng (1678-1735) of the Qing Dynasty in Taipei, southeast ...

As the summer capital of the Qing (1644-1911)emperors, the picturesque Mountain Resort of Chengde (Bishu Shanzhuang) is awash in history and scenic beauty. Its construction and the most flourishing ...

Chinese archeologists have found a mausoleum of 11 imperial concubines of Emperor Huangtaiji, the second emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), in northern Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province.

On October 16, 1967, I stood before the throne in the Forbidden City, gazing up at the seat from which emperors once surveyed their empire. Tomorrow, Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty, will ...

Empress Xiaozhuangwen secured power, averted crises and deposed enemies while raising and guiding China’s longest-serving ...

Hailed as one of China’s greatest, the Kangxi emperor was a highly educated and enlightened ruler. He encouraged international exchanges of knowledge embracing Western sciences and adapted them to his ...

IT'S a good time to be a Manchu on television. Costume dramas such as “Palace” and “Bu Bu Jing Xin”, which feature modern-day protagonists flung back in time to the days of the Qing emperors, rank ...

In a speech on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen – seen by many as modern China’s founding father – President Xi Jinping pledged to “resolutely oppose” any attempt to divide the ...

'Do not forget the national shame, rebuild the Chinese nation," reads a sign outside the eastern gate of Yuanmingyuan, the summer palace to which Qing dynasty emperors once fled when the Beijing heat ...

A Patek Philippe watch owned by the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty, and worn through his five years as a captive of the Soviets in Siberia, will come to auction later this year. Based on similar ...